When looking at the actions of the Crown and police in the wake of a high profile homicide, it is startling to realize how precarious things can quickly become for them. Relatively minor transgressions that…

It has been over a month since the Conservative government of Manitoba said a definite no to the proposed federal carbon tax plan, yet the federal carbon tax is nearing implementation in Manitoba if a…

A report of preliminary observations by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on a week-long visit to Brazil expresses concern about the state of human rights and human rights enforcement in South America’s largest…

Saskatchewan’s social services minister, Paul Merriman, recently stated that the provincial government aims to apologize to survivors of the Sixties Scoop by the end of this year. The Saskatchewan government has promised an apology for…

On October 30, 2018, the Constitutional Court of South Africa confirmed a lower court decision from the High Court of South Africa in what many consider a legal victory for African women property owners. The…

A federal court ruling issued today has reaffirmed the presumption of open courts in Canada in a significant case involving Northern Gateway protesters. Justice Barnes dismissed an order sought by the Attorney General (AG) for…

Early in the summer of this year, the Auditor General of New Brunswick issued a scathing report into the lack of mental health and addictions treatment for prisoners in New Brunswick’s provincial institutions. Coming in…

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is the successor to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) of 1994. This agreement was formally agreed upon on October 1st, and is awaiting final ratification and implementation. Following…

The federal government has developed a plan for security to address the prominence of cyber crime in Canada. The 2018 federal budget proposes to allocate $507.7 million over five years, followed by an annual amount of…